TRAVELER MESS KIT

Our favorite way to travel is the "One Backpack" method. Only having one backpack means less to pack, lug and lose and makes for breezier travels all around. The only drawback? With limited space, where will we put the little culinary tools that help make our precious picnics possible?

We researched mess kits and never found the perfect one for the exact kind of traveling we do—staying at hotels and Airbnb rentals. Most kits were geared for back-country hikers or campers or just didn't have all the items we needed.

Since we couldn't find a mess kit to fit our needs, we curated our own. What we love about our mess kit is that it's light-weight, takes up hardly any space and packs FLAT:

OUR FLAT-PACKING MESS KIT

Want your own? Here's a list of contents along with rough costs and links: